2 Kings 25:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 25:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 25:3 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 25:3 — KJV
“And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.”
— 2 Kings 25:3 (KJV)
2 Kings 25:3 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 25:3
“And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 25:3: ninth, day, fourth
“And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 25:3: ninth, day, fourth
“So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 25:3: day, month, famine
“Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 25:3: day, month, famine
“Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 25:3: day, city, people
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